Footstool for rocking-chairs



(No Model.)

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FOOTSTOOL FOR ROCKING CHAIRS.

Patented Dec. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

FERDINAND FRANZ, OF SAN FRANUISCO, CALIFORNIA.

FOOTSTOOL FOR ROCKING-CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,034., datedDecember 20, 1881.

Application filed July 21, 1881. (No model.)

-other end of which is fitted to and is adapted to move back and forthupon a guide-rod under the chair. The feet rest upon the board, and bythe motion of the chair said board is rolled back and forth, all ofwhich will hereinafter more fully appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows a view of mystool attached to the chair. Fig. 2 shows a bottom view of the same.

Let A represent an ordinary rocking-chair. Under its seat, extendingfrom front to rear, is a rod or bar, B, secured to the chair in anysuitable manner, as by screws or bolts.

In front of the chair is a board or plank, O, of about the width of thechair, and covered or upholstered appropriately. Under it are bracketsa, in which is journaled a roller, D. This roller rests upon the floor,and may be made of any suitable size to raise the footboard 0 to therequired height.

Bolted to the under side of the foot-board G is a bar or rod, E,extending rearwardly, and bent forwardly again, as shown. Its end isprovided with aloop, c, which loosely fits over the rod B under the seatof the chair. Now, when seated in the chair, the feet rest upon theboard (J, and this moves back and forth with the motion of the chair.When the chair is rocked back the connecting-rod E is drawn out to theend of the rod B, and then draws back the rolling foot-board, and whenrocking forward the pressure of the feet upon the board causes it toroll forward. When not in use it is pushed back under the chair, its rodE traveling to the back end of the guide-rod B. The shape of theconnecting-rod E allows the footstool to be connected with the chair andyet remain upon the floor. The rod E will not be in the way of theclothing, it'being too low, and its sliding connection under the chairpermits it to operate without inconvenience.

I do not confine myself to having the guiderod B just in the shapeshown. Chairs are different with regard to the position of their frontcross-spokes, and in order to avoid these and allow the connecting-rod Efull play, I may change the shape and direction of the rod B by makingsuitable bonds or shoulders in'it to accomplish this result.

In order to adjust the position of the footstool to suit differentpersons, I make the connecting-rod E in two parts. ()uepartis larger indiameter than the other, and has a socket in its end. The other partfitsinto this socket, as shown at c, and is adapted to be pushed in ordrawn out. It is secured in any desired position by a set-screw, d.

The foot-board C may have a raised flange in front, as byiecuring a lathto it for the toes to rest upon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The rocking-chair A, having the longitudinal horizontal bar B, thefootstool 0, having the brackets to and roller D, and the bent rod E,consisting of two telescopic parts, loop 0, and set-screw (1, wherebythe rod may be adjusted in the line of its length and said rod have abackward and forward sliding motion upon bar B, the whole constructed tooperate in combination in the manner described, and for the purposedescribed.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FERDINAND FRANZ.

Witnesses S. H. NOURSE, FRANK A. BROOKS.

